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• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector

  The government is allowing the public sector to implement BYOD schemes, but the guidelines are limiting and challenges still remain

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  Siemens Enterprise Communications rebrands as Unify

  The communications company will rebrand in time to launch its latest unified communications solution, code-named Project Ansible

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Scottish Government pilots Windows 8 tablets to improve services

  The Scottish government is piloting how Windows 8 could be used to improve citizen relationship

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Vodafone completes Kabel Deutschland acquisition

  The mobile operator pays out £6.6bn for Germany's largest cable company

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Ofcom hikes spectrum licence prices

  Mobile regulator Ofcom more than quadruples the annual fees mobile operators will have to pay for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  IBM interns join ShopDirect to combine gamification and Twitter analysis

  Undergraduate ShopDirect interns spent the summer with IBM on a project using gamification and Twitter to engage with customers

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  EE hit by weekend of outages

  Mobile operator EE confirms issues on its network but keeps quiet about the causes

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Poor connectivity and battery life hamper mobile working

  A study conducted by Vanson Bourne for HP finds almost two-thirds of mobile workers are unable to work effectively due to connectivity issues

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Tesco to launch £119 7-inch tablet to expand multichannel presence

  Tesco is expanding its multichannel retail strategy with the introduction of its own tablet, targeting non-internet-savvy users

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  BlackBerry cuts 4,500 jobs after $1bn loss

  BlackBerry is to cut 40% of its workforce after revealing a likely loss of nearly $1bn in its latest financial quarter

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Steve Ballmer uses final investor call to target Google

  In his last investor call as CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer took the opportunity to attack Google’s business practices

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  BlackBerry quietly launches Z30 smartphone

  Mobile manufacturer BlackBerry has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Z30, to little fanfare

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Vodafone appoints new UK CEO

  After five years in charge, Vodafone veteran Guy Laurence is leaving his role to head up Canadian firm Rogers Communications and will be replaced by Jeroen Hoencamp

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Vodafone confirms five Midlands cities for 4G

  Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield will all get Vodafone’s 4G services from the end of September

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

  British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft

  Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  Three promises unlimited 4G in December

  The smaller of the UK’s mobile operators claims its 4G offerings will be worth the wait

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft

  Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones

  Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  Case study: How Premier Inn uses mobile analytics

  Premier Inn's mobile app has been downloaded more than two million times and 77% of room bookings are made via the app

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Bloomberg signs up to Ubuntu Edge hybrid

  Financial analytics service Bloomberg has bought into Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu One vision for a hybrid PC/mobile device.

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Vodafone announces 4G launch date

  Vodafone becomes the third mobile operator to confirm the launch of its 4G network, which will go live on the same day as O2

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Microsoft concedes to BSkyB over SkyDrive trademark

  The tech giant admits defeat and will be forced to rename its cloud storage service after losing a court battle in the UK

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Office 365 now available on Android

  Following the release of Office Mobile for iPhone, Microsoft has launched Office Mobile for Android

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Hailo taxi app maker drops Sage for NetSuite OneWorld

  Taxi cab app maker Hailocab has switched from Sage Line:50 to NetSuite OneWorld, in a bid to speed up accounts reconciliation

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Ubuntu crowd sources funding for PC smartphone hybrid

  Ubuntu has invited early adopters to join crowd-funding ventures to launch Ubuntu Edge, a hybrid PC and mobile phone platform

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Nokia cuts losses but sales are still declining

  Nokia has announced net sales of €5.7bn in its second quarter 2013 results, down 24% from €7.5bn last year

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics

  Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business

  Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  EE confirms July date for doubling 4G speeds

  Mobile operator EE will double the speeds of its 4G network in 12 UK cities from 4 July 2013, giving customers bandwidth of up to 150Mbps

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  BES extends MDM to Android and iPhones

  Aiming to rekindle interest in the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), Blackberry has extended the platform to support Android and iOS

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Camden Council goes BYOD with Accellion

  Camden adopts a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy to save money, improve security and bring their IT systems into the modern era

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems

  The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Microsoft puts Office Mobile on iPhone

  iPhone users can now use Microsoft’s Office Mobile product which is available as a free download from the AppStore

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD

  When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

  The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Google buys Israeli navigation app start-up Waze

  Google is set to acquire Israeli crowd-sourced navigation app start-up Waze for $1bn after talks with Facebook fall through

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  European hotspots rip off Wi-Fi users

  Almost all mobile workers have had personal experience of costly Wi-Fi, a survey has found

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Worldwide mobile payment value to jump 44% but NFC plunges

  The value of mobile payments made globally in 2013 will be 44% higher than last year, at $235.4bn, but near-field communications (NFC) transactions value dropped 40% after disappointing adoption

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  France Telecom changes name to Orange

  The mobile operator will embrace the Orange branding globally, despite dropping it in the UK after merger with T-Mobile

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies

  A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform

  Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Contactless payments exceed five million in March

  Some 5.3 million contactless transactions totalling over £39m were made in March 2013 using Visa contactless cards

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  CIO Interview: Graeme Hackland, CIO, Lotus F1 Team

  Graeme Hackland, CIO of Lotus F1, has worked for the race car team for 16 years. He has seen major changes in IT both on and off the track

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways

  The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?

  Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8

• May 01, 2013 01 May'13

  Schuh takes first steps to in-store Wi-Fi

  Shoe retailer Schuh signs a contract with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi to customers

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul

  Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty

  The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year